St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-10
The McEnery Organ and the Big -Four
Amite City Independent.

The n. o. States il worried with the
article in which we declared for Gen.
Nichols for Governor. and in its issue
OF the 18Th il copies three arntencts of
that article, which does not fairly state
our position. Its burden against liz ia
this: II the independent in>titit>
Nirhulls for advocating Mr.. Hunt, in
1884, on the ground that his action was
iu r-buke If ring combinaii"ns, We
unst condemn Nichols in 1887. he
cause the Nichols people have made.
bargain" with boss Duffy" and" boss
Fitzpatrick."
If the States had quoted us correctly.
II would have SAID tIlnt the Ind.urn-
dent denied that there Tds bargain be-
treen the Nichols people and any bosses
tchateper. We SAID that there is an
much reason for calling the Picaynnp.
the Shreveport Times and the Inhepen-
dent the big three" rs there il for call
ing Mersrs. Davy, Duffy. Neatly and
Fitzpatrick the " big four" because we
three support Nichols, just az the Il big
four" do and why not call Don CAT
frey, Henry l.. Garland, Robert H. Mari.
Z. D. White. aud Congressman Gibson
and Blanchard. the big ak" because
they support Nichols for Governor.
This sirkIy cry of big four started
with the City Item, a Republican jnnr-
nal, which Supported Blaine agaiust
Cleveland in 1884. and advises Demo
crass (S,c) to support McEnery against
Nichols, in 1888! We said, in our ar
ticIe which 80 troubles the States, that
it was the old cry, stop thief" which
is made by people who wish TO divert
attention from themselves. Again We.
say. we deny this charge OF corrupt
bargaining, which the States aud it's
Republican colleague, the City Item,
makes against Gen. Nichols. We de-
ny that the gentlemen called the Big
Four have sold themselves to Gen,
Nichols. II they had been in the
market they would have found ready
purchasers ON the State administration,
side.
No. Gen. Nichols took high ground
in the Hunt mud St. Martin campniga;
and his pnsitinn then il the same ls his
Democrats, who, by the sometimes
strange happening of political methods.
were authorized then, IN candidates.
are, Va are told, supporters of Gov.
Nichols in this campaign.
But We TAKE leave of this subject, for
W. are not on the detensire!
And nov, on the 0fensire. we ask the
States, and ais" the ChpItnlian- Advn-
cate-whlch y" apprOvinRly Quotes the
utterancts 1T the States in it's diattibts
against Gen. Nichnlls--a few Questions
on this charge ot boIting party numina-
tiOna.
Did not the States openly holt III.
unanimous nomination of Dr.. Beard h,
q regular Democratic convention, in
1867
Did not the ahlpst of the McEnery
managers in the Baton Rouge cnnvpii-
ti"n nf 1884. in that same year, bolt ll+
Regular convention in the fifth district.
and run against The regular Nominee, j.
Floyd King. and did he not, in fhie
bolt. have the symlIathi-s aud support
of the MrEnrry faction Do he States
and Capitnlian-A dvmate rtgalh Col.
Chas. j. Bnatntr of Onachita. IN an
orthOdOx Dtmocraf, or iO they not
Which was the genuine Democratic
party in z. Baton Rouge in 1884, the
" Soap tails" ar the Bnb-taiis," and
with which side did the Cnpitolan- Adj
vOcate got aud was not its faction bad
~ h+at-n in that parish, at the election
of that Year,
Was not Gen. w. j. Behnn a candi-
date for Mayor of New Orleans against
Mr.. GnillOtte, the regular nominee, in
18&f II yes, has not the States COM
Wrnhtd him AZ a good Democrat, and |
worthy of the nomination tor Cover
nor this yparf
And finally, brethren, what words of
Communications has the Captolian Adj
vocaie even given of Mr.. Cleveland,
our DrMocratir President, since he filled |
the Federal Offices in Louisiana
We defy the States and Capitolan-
Advocate to anewer, with Truth and |
candor, these question; for if they do,
they dare not further assal Gen.
Nichols for his aupport Of Mr.. Hunt.
But we cen tell them that they can
not thus change the issne. As Demo-
crats, We are ATTACKING an admins
trasi"n that is Democratic in name
alNne